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Danebury

Near Stockbridge, Hampshire

The most thoroughly dug hillfort in western Europe.

Danebury was lived in for about 500 years. Barry Cunliffe excavated more than half of its interior over twenty seasons.

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When
c. 550–100 BC
Where
51.1370, -1.5370
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

Free. A country park with woodland walks.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
From the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

More of it has been dug than any other hillfort in western Europe.

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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